The Surface Passenger Transportation Salary Survey reports compensation data for 91 benchmark jobs related to a variety of land and marine passenger transportation activities. The survey includes urban transit systems; ferry systems; chartered bus, school bus, and interurban bus transportation; and taxis (including water taxis). The industry survey is available by geographic area (US Region or US National) for $589.

The Surface Passenger Transportation Salary Survey documents market-based pay data for 6 executive and 85 non-management salary benchmark jobs from up to three databases: digitized public sources, ERI Assessor Series data, and direct participants. The following information is reported for each job title (salary data are shown in means, medians, and percentile cuts):

Annual Salary

Incentive/Variable Pay

Total Direct Annual Compensation

Job Description

Graph with a Trend Line and Data Points

Selected Characteristics of the Occupation (SCO)*

Survey information is solicited through traditional mail, email, and online questionnaires. Each data submission is thoroughly screened by our team of experienced researchers prior to inclusion in a survey. No attempt is made to alter incumbent data as reported other than to normalize collected compensation amounts to a common date. Data collection begins October 1 and ends on March 31. Survey results are published annually in August, with an effective data date of March 31 of the given survey year.